Improvement in handles for cross-cut saws



W. CLEMSON.

Improvement in Handles for Cross-Cut Saws.

No. 130,980. Patented sep.3,1`72.

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through the saw, has to be provided for.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM CLEMSON, OF MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK.

vIMPROVEMENT IN HANDLES FOR CROSS-CUT SAWS'.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,980, datedSeptember 3, 1872.

. I, WILLEM CLEMsoN, of Middletown; in the county of Orange, in theState of New York, have made certain Improvements in Handles forCross-Out Saws, of which the following is a specification:

In the drawing, Figurell is a side view of the improvement; Fig. 2, thereverse side, and Fig. 3 a cross-section, of the same.

W'hen the blades of cross-cut saws come from the manufacturer the ends'are more or less angular or inclined to a right angle of aright linethrough the saw longitudinally; hence some provision for the cheaplyattaching the handle to the saw-blade, and a means of adjusting thehandle to be upright or perpendicular with the cent-ral longitudinalline The invention, therefore, consists in the means for adjusting thehandle to be upright and have it bear against the angular end of thesaw, in

combination with the means of attaching the handle to the saw, whetherthe end of the saw may have a greater or less angularity or inclination,as more fully hereinafter set forth.

A represents the section or piece at the end of a saw-blade, and towhich the handle is attached and adjusted to suit any angle that the endof the saw may have. a a represent the usual holes in the end of the sawfor riveting the ordinary thimbles thereon. B is the wooden handlewithout a metal ferrule. b is a screw-hook bolt, having the hook end bto l go through one of the holes a in the saw-plate, and the screw-tan gend through the handle B, and a tl1umb-hut,'b, to turn on the screw-boltb, and thus iirmly attach the handle to the saw. c c are simple woodscrews turned into the handle, as seen in the drawing, so that the tocross-cut saws-one that is easily under-- stood by any person that mayuse such saws 5 is durable, and not liable to get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination of the handle B, adjustingscrews c c, hook screw-bolt b,and saw-blade A, when the end of the saw-blade enters into the nicks orgrooves of the adjusting-screws, and all constructed to operate in themanner substantially as described.

WM. CLEMSON. Witnesses:

Guns. I. HUMPHREY, E. M. MADDEN, J r.

